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 * gdbmclass.h -- 
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#ifndef GDBMCLASS_H
#define GDBMCLASS_H


#include "gsdlconf.h"
#include "dbclass.h"

#ifdef _MSC_VER

#ifdef __cplusplus
  extern "C" {
#endif
#include "autoconf.h"
#include "systems.h"
#include "gdbmconst.h"
#include "gdbm.h"
#ifdef __cplusplus
  }
#endif

#else
#include <gdbm.h>
#endif


class gdbmclass : public dbclass
{
public:
  gdbmclass(const text_t& gsdlhome);
  ~gdbmclass();

  // returns true if opened
  bool opendatabase (const text_t &filename, int mode, int num_retrys, bool need_filelock);

  void closedatabase ();

  void deletekey (const text_t &key);

  // returns file extension string
  text_t getfileextension ();

  // returns true on success
  bool getkeydata (const text_t& key, text_t &data);

  // returns array of keys
  text_tarray getkeys ();

  // returns true on success
  bool setkeydata (const text_t &key, const text_t &data);

protected:
  text_t openfile;
  GDBM_FILE gdbmfile;

  // getfirstkey and getnextkey are used for traversing the database
  // no insertions or deletions should be carried out while traversing
  // the database. when there are no keys left to visit in the database
  // an empty string is returned.
  text_t getfirstkey ();
  text_t getnextkey (const text_t &key);

  void generate_from_txtgz (text_t filename);
};


#endif